Comment by fsuts
1 day ago
In the event of a serious accident police will likely check to see if it was tampered with and so sentence will be more severe
1 day ago
In the event of a serious accident police will likely check to see if it was tampered with and so sentence will be more severe
That's not how courts function.
Why are you mentioning how courts function?
It’s the police who decide what are lines of enquiries to be followed and then present that evidence to the prosecutor.
If the defence want to file to exclude any exhibits that’s a decision for them, the ‘courts function’ by deciding on the evidence before them.
Being guilty of an unrelated crime doesn't influence how guilty you are for the first crime. If there's a car accident, it might be the other driver who caused it. Courts should not take into account irrelevant factors when determining guilt, and irrelevant evidence has very little value.
But yes, the punishment is like you say increased with more crimes added to the sheet.